VALIDATE Lab Placements awarded
Congratulations to our four VALIDATE Lab Placement awardees. VALIDATE Lab Placement Grants are competitively awarded to Associate Network members from LMICs, providing the opportunity to undertake a laboratory exchange visit at selected host institutions.
The awardees and projects are:
- Dr Jonathan Adjei - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. “Assessing the protective capacity of PPE_MPTR peptides of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an in vitro model“ Host Laboratory: Host-Pathogen Mycobactomics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Dr Endalew Yizengaw - Bahir dar University, Ethiopia. “3D cell culture systems to model persistent subclinical Leishmania infection“ Host Laboratory: CIDEIM, Colombia
- Dr Vanessa Mwebaza Muwanga - University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. “mRNA platform and product development for neglected infectious diseases“ Host Laboratory: Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, South Africa
- Dr Happy Tshivhula - Stellenbosch University, South Africa. “Processing TB clinical trial samples“ Host Laboratory: McShane Lab, Oxford University, UK
